348 96. CYPERACES. 
towards the end, the margins and keel with fine but very acute 
serratures. Fl. in each spikelet 1—3, but usually only one nut 
is produced.—Bogs and fens, rare. P. VII. Common Sedge. 
4. Ruyncuospora Vahl. 
]. R. alba (Vahl); spikelets in a compact corymb about as 
long as the outer bracts, stam. 2, bristles with declining teeth, 
base of the style without teeth. B. 985. St. 40. 7.—Root 
slightly creepmg. St. 6—12 in. high. L. narrowly linear. 
Spikelets whitish. Bristles 9—12. Filaments slender.—{. sor- 
dida ; spikelets brownish, in small oval clusters often overtopped 
by the outer bracts.—Turfy bogs. P. VII. 
2. R. fusca (Sm.); spikelets in an oval head considerably 
shorter than the outer bracts, stam. 3, bristles with ascending 
teeth, base of the style with erect teeth —H.B. 1575. St. 40. 6. 
—Root creeping extensively. St.6—8 in. high. L. nearly fili- 
form. Spikelets brown. Bristles6. Filaments dilated.—Bogs, 
rare. South-west of England. Ireland. P. VII. VWI. E.1. 
5. Eveocuaris R. Br. 
1. E. palustris (R. Br.); spikes terminal solitary oblong, 
glumes rather acute, lowest } surrounding the spike, stigmas 2, 
nut cbovate obtuse plane-convex with rounded margins smooth 
crowned with the broadly-ovate base of the style and shorter than 
the 4 bristles, base of the st. clothed with membranous almost 
transversely truncate sheaths. —E, B.131. St.9. R. viii. 297.— 
Often only slightly creeping. Sheaths with a very obtuse point 
on one side.— Wet and marshy places. P. VI. 
2. E. uniglumis (Link); spikes terminal solitary oblong, 
glumes rather acute, lowest almost surrounding the spike, stig- 
mas 2, nut obovate obtuse rather compressed with rounded mar- 
gins smooth crowned with the conical base of the style and 
shorter than the bristles, base of the st. clothed with transversely 
truncate sheaths.—R. vii. 296.—Extensively creeping —Wet 
sandy places, especially near the sea. P. VI. VII. 
3. E. multicaulis (Sm.); spikes terminal solitary oblong, 
glumes obtuse, stigmas 3, nut acutely triquetrous smooth crowned 
with the broad triquetrous base of the style as long as the 6 bristles, 
base of the st. clothed with obliquely truncate rather acute sheaths. 
—E.B.1187. St.78.11. R.viii. 296.—Slightly creeping. Sheaths 
with a rather acute point on one side—Marshy places. P. VIL. 
4. E. acicularis (Sm.); spike terminal solitary ovate, glumes 
obtuse, stigmas 3, nut obovate-oblong compressed longitudinally 
